The National Hurricane Center on Thursday increased odds that a developing system could head into the Gulf of Mexico and become a tropical depression or storm — while it also kept tabs on two systems in the Atlantic.

We are continuing to watch an area of low pressure that will try to develop this weekend or early next week in the northwest Caribbean. The National Hurricane Center says some slow development of this system is possible over the western and northwestern Caribbean Sea.

The National Hurricane Center is tracking two new tropical waves in the Atlantic. See formation chances and path.